European politics - and even world politics - to-day are closely bound up with the various provisions of the Versailles Treaty. What were the circumstances in which the terms of the Treaty were negotiated and agreed? Who were the personalities involved? What were the difficulties? What were the terms finally agreed upon, and how have these agreements fared since? And finally, how does the Treaty appear to us and to other countries to-day?
These are some of the questions these talks will try to answer. The series falls naturally into three parts: Setting the Scene; the Terms of the Treaty; The Results.

In this opening talk this evening Lord Riddell, who was in Paris throughout the Peace Treaty negotiations in 1919, and present at the final signing of the Versailles Treaty, is going to describe the atmosphere in which the negotiations were carried out in Paris, and to give a picture of some of those personalities involved - Mr. Lloyd George, President Wilson, M. Clemenceau, and others.

Next Monday Professor Webster will discuss the Problems before the Peace-makers.